Overclockers UK Grand Opening!! Saturday 10th November

nah, i didnt buy a monitor, i had enough trouble getting my motherboard home (box was pretty much the same size as his monitor tbh) so ive learnt from my mistakes!

saying that, the 3xl OC mousemat was sticking out the back of my bike quite nicely :D

Ha, I remember seeing you with the big mousemat on the back.
 
Well I have to second this! I travelled up for the grand opening, keeping my friend company and to check out the store where i've been ordering all my parts online over these years.

After travelling up and arriving to be ONE of the first in que, all I can say is; The Hospitality and Friendliness of the Overclockers Crew was second to none.

My friend & I arrived around 12:30am, we pulled up to find ourselves being greeted by one of the members of staff. The man came out of the shop to ask if we were there for the grand opening; Oh yes we replied telling the gent we got our sandwiches & deck chairs to camp out ready for your mega deals in the morning ;D

To our suprise we was offered in to the store to get a sneak peak on what its going to be like. On entering we found chaos :O lol the overclockers crew was sweating long and hard into the night making sure everything was perfect for the grand opening. Being introduced to everyone as we are walking through the store while being told we are not the 1st to arrive :( lol

We was offered cold pizza which was still very warming may I add :D offered ocuk's own branded energy drinks with some oh so scrumptious haribo sweets nom nom nom. Through out the night I got a good chat on with the Crew... I got the chance to hit the arcade there and reminisce in some old time retro classics with a few of the guys, and ensuring I had a good look at the equipment on show before the store opened and got full.

unfortunately I had to miss out on some of the fun as I had to crash out for a few hours. I had been drinking for the evening knowing my friend was driving us both up and was kinda smashed on arrival. After waking up and returning to the store I was greeted with humorous hospitality which was brilliant.

At 7:55 the fun had to come to an end, we was asked to leave as the Overclockers Crew wanted to iron out and finalize the store before the grand opening. On exiting we was offered raffle tickets for the deals that was on offer, of course we humbly excepted being the 1st in que :)

when leaving the shop my friend and I decided we'd go grab some breaky at mcdonalds having secured our positions in the que and believe me and this goes out for all you folk out there having a moan - and i quote ;D

regardless of us getting the tickets 1 hour before the 9am opening time. If we hadnt recieved them, do you honestly think we would have left our positions allowing someone else to recieve those goodies we had sat for so long for lol; really.... all I've been reading is a lot jealousy on these forums recently and let me say she can be a cruel biatch sometimes so please think about your posts next time people ;)

after our lovely breaky my friend and I return to find a que 100+ deep :O was our supprise. What a turn out for Overclockers even i was buzzing for them. after 10mins or so chatting with people in que my friend and I found ourselves popping over to morrisons for a quick number ;)

On returning we planted ourselves at the back of the que which in all honesty was getting bigger :D and for the next few hours it was just non stop banter with people in front and behind. Brilliant, got some free food vouchers that was being handed out to everyone in que.

After a few hour and finally reaching our destination lol, we found ourselves in the shop collecting our bits with smiles all round.

We left around 2ish that afternoon after arriving 12:30 that night. Cracking day.


haha one question though??????

Was I the only one to of had my picture taking with the smoking hot show girl that was hired to do the promotion for the day. At the time of the photo I was the first person I knew that much.
seriously people are saying they didnt see her; how could you not see her?

SHE WAS SMOKING HOT!!!

I dont miss a thing and **** me my jaw dropped when I seen her bouncing around the store... when I had the chance, like any sensible guy, I could not stop firing into her lol ;)

Absolutely Beautiful, and an absolute cracking day

Thanks again to the Overclockers Crew for everything

I'll be back lol

I have a feeling you were one of the blokes in the line in front of me. I was the short guy with the moustache, if that was the case. I thought your "firing into" the showgirl was laudable, seeing as no one else was having a go. Persistence was the key, as most men would've given up when she told them she was happliy married! :p
 
Already asked but cant find a solution anywhere - does a waterblock fit on the 7970 Sapphire that was on offer?? Specifically after an Acetal/Nickel one, preferably EK!
 
Already asked but cant find a solution anywhere - does a waterblock fit on the 7970 Sapphire that was on offer?? Specifically after an Acetal/Nickel one, preferably EK!

It doesn't without some some modding. Basically theres an extra 2 capactiors that stop the waterblock from touching the processor and memory modules.

The only way I have been able to do this is to use the XSPC waterblock http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-091-XS&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=2327 and on each side there is the 2 black parts. If you unscrew the waterblock you can take these out and just have the metal that contains the water connected to the card.
I left the heat sink connected to the right side of the card and have some air blowing onto it but that wasn't being cooled directly by the waterblock any way.
Theres a thread about it here with photos of the problem.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?283082-Koolance-Block-Sapphire-7970-OC-Dual-X
 
It doesn't without some some modding. Basically theres an extra 2 capactiors that stop the waterblock from touching the processor and memory modules.

The only way I have been able to do this is to use the XSPC waterblock http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-091-XS&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=2327 and on each side there is the 2 black parts. If you unscrew the waterblock you can take these out and just have the metal that contains the water connected to the card.
I left the heat sink connected to the right side of the card and have some air blowing onto it but that wasn't being cooled directly by the waterblock any way.
Theres a thread about it here with photos of the problem.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?283082-Koolance-Block-Sapphire-7970-OC-Dual-X

Bah what an utter ballache then, looks liek I may as well sell the card!
 
I have a feeling you were one of the blokes in the line in front of me. I was the short guy with the moustache, if that was the case. I thought your "firing into" the showgirl was laudable, seeing as no one else was having a go. Persistence was the key, as most men would've given up when she told them she was happliy married! :p

Hello m8,

You got the right guy. Please dont encouage him, you dont have to listen to him for hours on end. I was the poor guy with him. Except I went home with the goodies. :D

Hope you got everything you wanted.
 
This is what I could gather any way as all the cards look like they go over the 2 extra capacitors, the XSPC one was able to have the sides removed.

Yeah I read through the thread, quite disappointing to be honest!

Perhaps I can get at 7970 Trade from someone!
 
Hello m8,

You got the right guy. Please dont encouage him, you dont have to listen to him for hours on end. I was the poor guy with him. Except I went home with the goodies. :D

Hope you got everything you wanted.

Aha, you were smart and decided to spend all your money on components instead of promising it to a married woman! :p
 
Hello m8,

You got the right guy. Please dont encouage him, you dont have to listen to him for hours on end. I was the poor guy with him. Except I went home with the goodies. :D

Hope you got everything you wanted.

haha yeah i remember you mate, it was good chatting with you and the others there in the que. I do hope you got what you was wanting from ocuk?!

What do you mean please dont encourage him...I dont need encouraging at all thank you...you've heard of courage the cowardly dog. well i'm courage the dog on heat haha :cool:

I dont see what her being married has anything to do with it either lol if she is willing well, then who am I to complain, infact the only complaing there would've been would have been on her behalf lol ;)... p.s its better to try then not try at all :P

and what do you mean poor guy or airbrush him out of the pictures - you loved every moment of our road trip...the bloody cheek lol and you shouldnt moan especially when you'r going to be the chauffeur next time we go up sir :p lol it was fun.

all tho - I was wishing I had the pennies to throw on the showgirl or some of the items on sale, and it would have been a tough choice lol :D next time ocuk

hmmm is thinking....i'm thinking...PICTURES PLEASE - Pretty please with a cherry on top lol :D
 
Already discovered a DGM 27" & Radeon HD7970 from the same seller up on ebay right now. Burton upon Trent which isn't that far away.

You should be ashamed of yourself tbh. The majority on here wanted a card to enjoy, not to make money out of.

Some people :rolleyes:
 
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